National Museum of the USAF - Republic RF-84K Thunderflash

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Republic RF-84K
Thunderflash

The RF-84K was a reconnaissance and nuclear strike fighter designed to be carried to its target inside the bomb bay of a GRB-36 bomber. The museum's aircraft is marked as it appeared while serving in the 91st SRS in the mid-1950s.

Republic RF-84K Thunderflash
The RF-84K was a modification of the RF-84F. The only major differences were the retractable hook in the upper part of the nose, rods on either side behind the cockpit, and downward angled horizontal stabilizers (to fit inside the GRB-36's bomb bay).